Like many people across the globe last month I watched the bombings at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent hunt for the suspects that paralyzed the city with horror. All the while I prayed for the victims and hoped for a quick end to the senseless violence and fear that seemed to engulf a major […]

The YMCA of the Rockies provided the idyllic setting for 45 Free Methodists who gathered April 11–14 for the Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy (WHWC) event Come to the Water. This year’s theme, “Rise Up,” threaded throughout the event in the worship and speaking. Just walking outside between sessions lent reality to the theme as participants […]

“Diakonia must be done through action, social services, advocacy and challenging systems and structures that create injustice and dehumanization of people,” said Rev. Dr Paul Gardner of Jamaica at a seminar in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which included a visit by the president of Haiti. Diakonia is a Greek term used in the New Testament to describe […]

“Music comes naturally to Cameroon. When we are happy, we sing. When we are sad, we sing. Music is speaking our language. When the music of the U.S. and Cameroon collides, there is an explosion!” So said the Rev. Ekoka Molindo, pastor of Hope United Methodist Church in Buea, at the conclusion of a recent […]

In what is considered a “historic moment,” a United Methodist delegation is in China this week to renew old friendships and forge deeper relationships with Chinese Christians. The trip is a joint effort of the United Methodist Council of Bishops and the Board of Global Ministries. The delegation’s co-leaders are San Francisco Area Bishop Warner […]

In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther’s preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while the leader was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt […]

Many congregations believe children are the church’s future, launching a variety of nursery programs, mothers and toddlers groups, kids’ clubs, youth groups, and young adult ministries, but the elderly and their needs are often forgotten. At Gelnhausen Church of the Nazarene in central Germany, all age groups are well represented. While there were a number […]

The George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University was dedicated this morning in Dallas, with President Barack Obama and all living former presidents and First Ladies attending. A large crowd, including Bush administration alumni, family members of former presidents and numerous foreign dignitaries, gathered outside in mild weather by the $250 million facility, a new anchor for the east […]

The first quarter of 2013 began with a flurry of events for the Methodist Church in India, with many activities and seminars concluding that helped affirm that the Church is alive and well on the subcontinent. In January the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women held their South Asia Area Seminar, which focused […]